Leptobrachium bompu

Leptobrachium bompu is an extant species of eastern spadefoot toads described in 2011. It is only known from its type locality in the Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India.[1] The specific name refers to the camp site, Bompu, in the vicinity of the type locality.

Leptobrachium bompu
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Genus: Leptobrachium
Species:
L. bompu
Binomial name
Leptobrachium bompu
Sondhi and Ohler, 2011

Description

Leptobrachium bompu is known from three specimens, one of them collected as the holotype. This male measured 47 mm (1.9 in) in snout-vent length. One of the distinguishing characters of this species is its entirely greyish-blue eye colour. Its body is roundish and its head is wider than long. It lacks the spines on upper lip in adult males that are often present in Leptobrachium subgenus Vibrissaphora. Its back and head are greyish-brown getting lighter on flanks; sides of head and body have brownish shine.[2]

Habitat and behaviour

The type locality was a slow-flowing perennial stream in a wet subtropical/temperate hill forest. Males could be heard calling after sunset and were found under leaf litter by the stream. The call was a loud croaking "kek-kek-kek-kek". The frogs were docile, found sitting in a crouched position and easily picked up.[2]

See also

References
  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Leptobrachium bompu Sondhi and Ohler, 2011". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  2. Sondhi, Sonjay; Ohler, Annemarie (2011). "A blue-eyed Leptobrachium (Anura: Megophryidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India". Zootaxa. 2912 (2912): 28–36. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2912.1.2.
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